Sabacos

Family: Ethiopia · Role: king of the Ethiopians · First appears: Book 2 · §139–143

Life events

Sabacos invaded Egypt, and Anysis fled to the fen-country.(Book 2 · §139–143 · 📍 Egypt)
- With: Anysis
- “In his reign the Ethiopians and Sabacos the king of the Ethiopians marched upon Egypt with a great host of men; so this blind man departed, flying to the fen-country”
Sabacos ruled Egypt for fifty years.(Book 2 · §139–143 · 📍 Egypt)
- “and the Ethiopian was king over Egypt for fifty years”
Sabacos voluntarily departed Egypt after his allotted time to rule expired.(Book 2 · §139–143 · 📍 Egypt)
- “since then this time was now expiring, and the vision of the dream also disturbed him, Sabacos departed out of Egypt of his own free will.”
Sabacos killed Necos, Psammetichos’s father.(Book 2 · §150–156)
- With: Necos (father of Psammetichos)
- “the Ethiopian Sabacos who had killed his father Necos”
Psammetichos fled to Syria to escape Sabacos.(Book 2 · §150–156 · 📍 Syria)
- With: Psammetichos
- “from him, I say, he had then been a fugitive in Syria”

with egypt (Sabacos reigned as king over Egypt.) “and the Ethiopian was king over Egypt for fifty years”
with Anysis (Anysis fled during Sabacos's rule.) “so this blind man departed, flying to the fen-country, and the Ethiopian was king over Egypt for fifty years”
enemies with Anysis (Sabacos's invasion drove Anysis into flight.) “In his reign the Ethiopians and Sabacos the king of the Ethiopians marched upon Egypt with a great host of men; so this blind man departed, flying to the fen-country, and the Ethiopian was king over Egypt for fifty years”

with Psammetichos (Psammetichos fled from Sabacos.) “This Psammetichos had formerly been a fugitive from the Ethiopian Sabacos who had killed his father Necos, from him, I say, he had then been a fugitive in Syria;”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.